2 Kings 5:23
5:23 Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 1 He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi. 2
2 Kings 10:30
10:30 The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 3
2 Kings 20:17
20:17 ‘Look, a time is 4 coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
2 Kings 25:7
25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. 5 The king of Babylon 6 then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
1 tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”
2 tn Heb “before him.”
3 tn Heb “Because you have done well by doing what is proper in my eyes – according to all which was in my heart you have done to the house of Ahab – sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.” In the Hebrew text the Lord’s statement is one long sentence (with a parenthesis). The translation above divides it into shorter sentences for stylistic reasons.
sn Jehu ruled over Israel from approximately 841-814 b.c. Four of his descendants (Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zechariah) ruled from approximately 814-753 b.c. The dynasty came to an end when Shallum assassinated Zechariah in 753 b.c. See 2 Kgs 15:8-12.
4 tn Heb “days are.”
5 tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.